On this page, you will find all there is to know about the Software updates for Monster Hunter Stories on Nintendo 3DS (originally released on October 8th 2016 in Japan, and September 8th 2017 in Europe and North America).

NB: this page lists updates in chronological order. Since the version numbers are not the same between the different regions (Europe/North America and Japan), make sure you check out the region of each update!

How to download updates for Monster Hunter Stories on Nintendo 3DS?

To download updates for the game manually, you can choose one the following options

while connected to the internet, launch Monster Hunter Stories from the Home Menu. You should get a prompt when doing so: simply follow the instructions displayed on the screen;

go to the Nintendo eShop, and search for Monster Hunter Stories. Select the update, and download it;

use the option on the Nintendo eShop settings page.

Latest update

Europe / North America: Ver. 1.1 (coming soon)

Japan: Ver. 1.2, Ver. 1.3 coming soon

Monster Hunter Stories – Ver. 1.3 (Japan)

Release date: November 22nd

Region: Japan

File size: ??? blocks / ???MB

Patch notes:

None available.

List of changes:

adds the Black Riders from the Monster Hunter Stories: Ride On anime series, that you can battle in the Tower

adds even more parts for the character editor

increase the max. amount of Monsties you can keep

adds the Battle Arena, found in Albarax

and more…

Additional notes: check out this post and this one for additional details, but also screenshots and a trailer, for this update. We don’t know if/when Europe and North America will get this update.

Monster Hunter Stories – Ver. 1.1 (Europe, North America)

Release date: ???

Region: Europe, North America

File size: ??? blocks / ???MB

Patch notes:

None available

List of changes:

adds new Monsties

adds new parts for the character editor, allowing you to recreate characters from the Monster Hunter Stories: Ride On anime series

and more…

Additional notes: you can find more details, but also screenshots and a trailer for this update in this post. It was released in Japan as Ver. 1.2.

Monster Hunter Stories – Ver. 1.2 (Japan)

Release date: July 26th, 2017

Region: Japan

File size: ??? blocks / ???MB

Patch notes:

None available

List of changes:

adds new Monsties

adds new parts for the character editor, allowing you to recreate characters from the Monster Hunter Stories: Ride On anime series

and more…

Additional notes: you can find more details, but also screenshots and a trailer for this update in this post. It will be released in Europe and North America soon, as Ver. 1.1.